The Dark Side of Productivity No One Talks About

Productivity advice is more addictive than fentanyl.

Our brain lights up at the thought of more time and freedom. But I rarely see anyone talk about the downsides.

I’ve been writing about productivity for 9 years and have tested pretty much every strategy you can think of. Here are the dark sides.

 
Productivity advice forgets about this crucial point

Productivity strategies are sold to us by tweet-used-car-salesman as the solution to all our problems.

“Just do these four productivity steps and you’ll be successful.”

This common advice misses the nuance. Life is full of seasons. What works for you in one season doesn’t work in another.

For example, before my daughter was born last year I lived in summer. Life was good. I had enough money to eat and plenty of free time. My wife and I could go to concerts and attend Harry Potter theatre shows.

Then my daughter was born. She’s amazing. She made the end of the summer season better than it could ever be.

But life got tough.

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